Venue
Tickets
€25
Duration
Approx. running time: 80 minutes (no interval)Pocket Opera
Libretto by Georg C. Klaren
Translated by Viktor Jugovic after ‘The Birthday of the Infanta’ by Oscar Wilde
Music by Alexander Zemlinsky
Sung in English
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A powerful journey of innocence, illusion, and heartbreak. A Sultan has sent a dwarf as a present to a Spanish princess on her birthday. His tender feelings begin to blossom into love for her, but instead she toys with him and offers him a white rose in amusement. Unaware of his appearance, he mistakes it for a sign of affection. Heartbroken and left alone, he discovers a mirror, sees his own reflection and dies clutching the white rose. Zemlinsky’s lush, late-Romantic score drew inspiration from the painful end of his relationship with Alma Mahler.
Cast
Charne Rochford
Eleri Gwilym
Charlotte Baker
Ross Cumming
Victoria Harley
Olivia Carrell
Cerys Macallister
Heather Sammon
Eleanor O'Driscoll
Camilla Seale
Creative Team
Chris Moran
Christopher Knopp
Dates and times
| Sunday 19 Oct11am | 11am | €25 | Book Tickets |
| Tuesday 21 Oct11am | 11am | €25 | Book Tickets |
| Thursday 23 Oct3pm | 3pm | €25 | Sold Out |
| Saturday 25 Oct3pm | 3pm | €25 | Sold Out |
| Monday 27 Oct11am | 11am | €25 | Book Tickets |
| Thursday 30 Oct3pm | 3pm | €25 | Sold Out |
| Friday 31 Oct3pm | 3pm | €25 | Sold Out |
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